The Portuguese Prince
District Court, S.D. New York
In Admiralty. Suit by Charles Stoffregen against the Prince Line. Limited, as owner of the steamship Portuguese Prince. The steamship Portuguese Prince arrived at New York with a cargo of coffee in bags from various ports in Brazil on October 12, 1912, and on Monday, October 14th, at 10 o’clock a. m., commenced the discharge of her cargo at pier No. 7, East river, belonging to the New York Dock Company, one of the piers customarily used for coffee ships.
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In Admiralty. Suit by Charles Stoffregen against the Prince Line. Limited, as owner of the steamship Portuguese Prince. The steamship Portuguese Prince arrived at New York with a cargo of coffee in bags from various ports in Brazil on October 12, 1912, and on Monday, October 14th, at 10 o’clock a. m., commenced the discharge of her cargo at pier No. 7, East river, belonging to the New York Dock Company, one of the piers customarily used for coffee ships. In pursuance of instructions from the dock company which represented the libelants and other consignees, and in accordance with established…
1Opinion of the CourtHough, District Judge
(after stating the facts as above). The Boskenna Bay (D. C.) 40 Fed. 91, 6 L. R. A. 172, entitles the respondent to a dismissal of this libel unless the very ingenious argument advanced in respect of the Harter Act shall prevail. By the second *997section of that act it is declared to be unlawful to insert any words in any bill of lading whereby the obligation of the master “to carefully handle and stow cargo and to care for and properly deliver same shall in any wise be lessened, weakened or avoided.”
The language of the bill of lading under consideration has long been familiar to shippers and…
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